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Circa 1510, Babur Shah (Zahir ud-Din Muhammad, 1482 - 1530), first of the mughal emperors of India. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
General Early Modern

15 minutes of fame Margaret MacMillan chooses Babur

Kleisthenes is credited with reforming the constitution of ancient Athens and setting it on a democratic footing in 508/7 BCE. For these accomplishments, historians refer to him as 'The Father of Athenian Democracy'. (Picture by Alamy)
Ancient Greece

15 minutes of fame Michael Scott chooses Kleisthenes

Two-Penny Whist, published January 11, 1796, James Gillray (English, 1756-1815), published by Hannah Humphrey (English, c. 1745-1818), England, Etching in dark brown, with handcoloring, on cream wove paper, 231 × 334 mm (image), 247 × 350 mm (plate), 270 × 384 mm (sheet). (Photo by: Sepia Times/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
Georgian

15 minutes of fame Hannah Greig chooses Hannah Humphrey

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Image of Aina Forbes Bonetta and her husband, James Davies (GettyImages-3318942)
Victorian

15 minutes of fame Hannah Cusworth chooses Aina Forbes Bonetta

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Babur Dynasty founder and diarist . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Coloured engraving of Malintzin
General Early Modern

15 minutes of fame Caroline Dodds Pennock chooses Malintzin

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Hannah Humphrey Entrepreneurial Georgian printseller . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Kleisthenes Father of Athenian democracy . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Aina Forbes Bonetta Queen Victoria’s Yoruba goddaughter . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Malintzin Aztec interpreter . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Baron Franz Nopcsa in Albanian uniform.
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15 minutes of fame Tom Holland chooses Franz Nopcsa von Felső-Szilvás

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15 minutes of fame Michael Wood chooses St Hadrian . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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St Hadrian of Canterbury Medieval African theologian . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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15 minutes of fame Fern Riddell chooses Charley Wilson